The Best Things to Do In Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas: Author and LA native Joy Yoon makes the megalopolis remarkably accessible by sharing local secrets in her first ever book

The Best Things to Do In Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas


by Mya Stark At first glance, one might feel that “The Best Things To Do in Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas” has three strikes against it. It’s a book rather than a blog or an app; it’s…

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Black Scale + Mehrathon Canada Edition Release: A collaborative capsule collection designed by Michael “Mega” Yabut turns the country upside down

Black Scale + Mehrathon Canada Edition Release


LA-based streetwear brand Black Scale was started in 2008 by Michael “Mega” Yabut and Alfred De Tagle, and in just five short years they have opened stores in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. They’ve…

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Helmut Newton at the Annenberg Space for Photography: The king of kink comes to LA in an exhibition of large format photography

Helmut Newton at the Annenberg Space for Photography


As the photographer credited with defining the genre of black-and-white fashion photography, Helmut Newton is nevertheless rarely found outside the pages of books and magazines. That’s why our ears perked up when the recordOutboundLink(this,…

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Deedee Cheriel: Episodes in the Abundant Oasis: The LA-based artist paints modern fables with dream-like animal figures

Deedee Cheriel: Episodes in the Abundant Oasis


by Mya Stark Gods, monsters or something more enigmatically human, the animal-headed figures of artist Deedee Cheriel are set to grace LA’s Merry Karnowsky Gallery this weekend. In the…

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Interview: Hanni El Khatib: The LA-based artist shares how skate culture influenced his music

Interview: Hanni El Khatib


San Francisco-born, LA-based Hanni El Khatib’s new album Head in the Dirt—produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys—is perfect summertime listening. It contains more of that blues and garage-influenced rock that the singer-songwriter is best known for. Less known, perhaps, is El…

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Teenage T-shirts: Workaholics’ Blake Anderson and wife Rachael Finley offer up ’90s stoner vibes in their new label

Teenage T-shirts


by Tara Fraser Conceived as a remedy for the universally known feeling of having nothing to wear— especially for those with a slightly more humorous sartorial taste—the recently launched T-shirt label Teenage is the brainchild of…

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Commune for Environment: Two LA-based companies create a sustainable range of semi-modular furniture

Commune for Environment


While many designers during NYC Design Week staked their savings on exploring the limits of material and form, Los Angeles-based design studio Commune stuck to their guns for their…

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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Superba Coffee: The ultimate in custom coffee roasts from LA’s unknown master of the bean

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Superba Coffee


In the first of our videos to air at this year’s 99u conference we took a trip to Torrence, CA just outside of Los Angeles to talk to the folks behind ,…

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Interview: Das Monk: We speak with the artist collective’s founder on the search for art and photography

Interview: Das Monk


Born in the bright streets of Sydney, Australia in 2007 by designer Marc Hendrick, Das Monk artist collective puts great designs on quality T-shirts. At first a one-man operation, Hendrick soon brought his sister Brooke on…

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Paris Photo Los Angeles 2013: Rare vintage finds and cocaine compounded imagery at the fair’s first US edition

Paris Photo Los Angeles 2013


Having established itself as one of the most significant art fairs for collectors, dealers and artists involved in the photographic community, it seemed only natural that Paris Photo would try to extend its influence to a new stateside audience. The fair moved…

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